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sessantina

about sixty

noun sehs-sahn-TEE-nah Rare

Origin: from sessanta (sixty) + collective suffix -ina

Also means

one's sixties

Usage Note

Sessantina is a collective approximate numeral meaning 'about sixty' or 'a group of sixty': una sessantina di persone (about sixty people). It also denotes the decade of one's sixties: è sulla sessantina (she is in her sixties). Like ventina, trentina, etc., it is always feminine.

Examples

"C'era una sessantina di invitati."

Natural Translation

There were about sixty guests.

Literal Translation

There-was a sixty-ish of guests.

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